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​​​​Deadline for submission of grants applications:January 14, 2015

FEMS will provide approximately 200 grants for European Early Career Scientists to support their attendance at the 6th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, June 7-11, 2015, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

About 20 grants are provided to support non-European Early Career Scientists.

The amounts of the grants are 400, 500 or 600 Euro (depending on the travel distance).

A special FEMS Congress Award (including a certificate and additional 500 Euro) will be awarded, at the Closing Ceremony of the congress, to five European and one non-European Early Career Scientists for the best presented papers.

FEMS will organize a special reception for all grant recipients. Further details will be available on this website.

Regulations

An early career scientist applying for a FEMS Congress Grant should be:

A member of a FEMS Member Society, at least one full year before the congress takes place (for European Early Career Scientists);

Have either: - obtained highest academic degree (Bachelor, Master or PhD) less than five years prior the application deadline, or - be a PhD student;

A microbiologists active in research;

The first author of an accepted abstract and attend the congress;

Recommended by a member of a FEMS member society (for European Early Career Scientists), or other senior scientists (for non-European Early Career ​Scientists);